Monday, November 8, 2010

Chess Club Meeting Cheat Sheet

Hi everyone. For those of you who couldn't make the chess club meeting on the 29th, here are some of the things we covered:

Overview
· Open to all Burroughs students
· No cost, but no transportation
· Philosophy is: PLAY.
· Runs from 11/19 – 2/26 (11/12 for beginners)

Practices
· Fridays 3:40 to 4:30 in the Burroughs Cafeteria
· Teachers will send chess club kids to cafeteria
· Kids get their nametag, go to their table and PLAY!
· You may want to send a snack with your child to eat at the beginning of practice
· Kids report results and they're tracked
· Three Strikes disciplinary policy
· Lesson for each practice
· Please pickup at 4:30 by coming into the school
· Mpls Kids are walked to their area.

Tournaments
· 12/11 – More informal, Mpls only tournament
· 1/29 & 2/26 – More formal, SCA grade-level tournaments
· Parents must supervise
· Run from ~9AM to ~4PM

Volunteers
· Coverage of approximately one parent per 8 kids for practice
· We'll want to get volunteers to learn administrative systems for next year

More Info/Sign-up
· BurroughsChess.Blogspot.com
· BurroughsChess@gmail.com
· Coach: John Bonnes 612 581 0737 or john@bonnes.com

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